xvi, 680pp, generously illustrated in black and white. Red cloth-covered boards, blind embossed on upper panel gilt-stamped lettering on the spine. 4to. Cloth is a little dull, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, with some scattered, mild white marks and minor indentation on verso. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
A substantial volume compendiously recording the events in the United States and internationally in the year 1953. Covers a very board range of areas, from Advertising to Afghanistan, Business Reviews to Conservation, Natural Disasters to Employment Rights, Libraries and Intellectual Freedom, Mountaineering to Mung Beans and many, many more.
